The GOB is required to provide basic emergency medical care to critical patients regardless of whether or not the person has money.
Most certainly insurance and the ability to pay for care will need to be a factor that will be addressed at the appropriate stage of planning.
Most tourists tent to have travel insurance and would be able to pay for care that way.
Many people have insurance to pay for their care and should be expected to pay when possible.
The Belize social security system pays for health care.
At the moment we are discussing an emergency room - not a place to go after hours because you have the sniffles. I would imagine that if you have the sniffles you would be attended to, and you would have to pay for that attention.
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